I haven't posted in quite some time. My practice is still going (relatively) strong. I've been sitting for 45-60min every morning, and about the same duration, only maybe 4 times a week in the afternoons.
A few weeks back I had an experience I've had twice before that I can only presume is an A&P type event. All three times I've woken up in the middle of the night and, for whatever reason, been drawn to paying attention to my breath. My concentration was locked on and following it was nearly effortless. I could switch to body sensations and very easily follow them as well. Very quickly, I got into a fairly deep concentration (more so than I can remember reaching in my daily sits) and I'd have this experience that I can only describe like dropping a rock into a pool of energy. There's an "energy clap", and then I was left in the wake of it feeling its reverberations. Equanimity was pretty high, and each time I fell back asleep fairly quickly afterwards.
So between that and a few other things, it's been a year since some of my "experiences" and can fairly confidently say that I still haven't hit SE. I think my sitting has matured some, although I feel like recently it's slowed down some and I'm having some difficulty motivating myself to continue. I'm restarting my log to try to keep up my motivation.
Practice tonight started off well. I've been starting my sits with concentration practice, focusing on the breath at the rim of my nostrils. From there, I shifted to trying to watch the 3 characteristics of body sensations, particularly at the skin level. That started with pretty large somewhat bubbly sensations that were fairly pleasant. Had some mind wandering, and thoughts about a few things going on in life (trying to sell our home, wife and I expecting our first child, etc.). When I noticing thinking, I tried to see that thoughts are just transient.
After a few minutes, the sensations at my skin level really smoothed out. They were very fine and somewhat more challenging to notice and follow. I think my mind wandering got a little worse during this period.
Soon the sensations at the skin turned back up into more fine, tingling/itching types of sensations. They're pretty prominent wherever I placed my mind. Towards the end of my sit, I lost my mindfulness and actually lifted my legs (I generally sit on a stool) and sat in a more squat-like position with my feet out in front of me. This is a nasty little habit that I picked up when I tried to do strictly concentration practice for a few months - I remember some teaching (also from my Goenka retreat) that said in concentration, if you're uncomfortable, feel free to move and return to concentration as quickly as possible. Well, now I'm having a difficult time getting out of that habit...I'll notice my inclination to do that a few times in the sit, but miss it one time and I'll have moved.
Comments, questions, and motivational speeches welcome

Thanks for reading.